[strangetales]

Range Trotters are the result of crossbreeding Orlov Trotters, Finnhorses, Welsh Cobs (section C & D) and Hanoverians. Later crosses of Quarter Horses, Paint and Appaloosas to gain color and to give a boost to their hardiness.With a height average of 13-15 hands, they're a hardy breed with characteristics for various disciplines.

Created for use as work, carriage and leisure riding horses originally, they now serve as long-distance range horses, such as work with Park Rangers and mounted officers.

Willing and eager personalities, most are quickly trained to be bombproof and therefore trusted mounts in all lines of work; some are being seen in local show jumping competitions, others are notably used in therapeutic sessions for their calm temperaments. Harness races and endurance trials are common for the breed, as they are able to sustain an extended trot without tire. Cross-Country competitions see some of the taller Trotters, but due to their cob lineage this is still uncommon.

Despite the variety of competitions and work these horses are being seen in, they are still famously skilled as endurance racers. Many competitors have chosen Range Trotters due to their tireless work ethic, as well as the ease in which they can be trained. Many have become champions in endurance trials, and they have quickly become a sought after breed for their natural ability.

what keeps this trotter up at night?

Username: PrincessAlexis
Show Name: Lux Stars' Wind in the Willows
Barn Name: Melody

Gender: mare
Height: 14.0hh
Eye Color: the rust that grew between telephones
Phenotype: sable cream champagne snowflake appaloosa
Genotype: EE Ata Crcr Chch LpLp

- will always pass extension (E) & leopard complex (Lp)

[Lath]

Username: Dothraki
Show Name: BKD's Red Roots Conspiracy
Barn Name: Root
Gender: Mare
Height: 14hh
Prompt: Root stays up at night wondering about the stars. What are they, why are they in the sky, why are they only out at night, why do they sometimes run across the sky? Everything about them confounds her, and she's made it a habit to stay up late to get to see them. She's heard stories about some constellations and gets wrapped up in all of the fanciful tales. She hopes some day, when her time comes, she'll get to join them up in the sky as a star, too.

[Embergleam]

Username: Embergleam
Show Name: RRS November Sky
Barn Name: Nova
Gender: Stallion
Height: 13.2 hh
Halter Color: Artist's choice
Prompt: Everything he doesn't know. The world is chock-full of mysteries just begging to be solved, and Nova's just! So! Excited! To get out there and investigate them. He might be just a little trotter, but he's got big ole dreams, and he spends every spare moment studying up to bring them to life. Someday he'll discover his own species, or unearth a fossil no one's seen before, maybe even find a meteorite or an impact crater- but until then, there's always more to learn. ...even if it does mean missing out on a considerable amount of sleep.

[Autosarcophagy]

Username: Autosarcophagy
Show Name: Sugar Magnolia
Barn Name: Maggie
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.0 hh
Halter Color: Artist's Choice
Prompt: Maggy loves art, music, and everything that she can study through recreation. Lately, this mare has taken a particular liking to poetry, counting beats with the swishing of her tail and tapping of hooves. She enjoys listening to the songs of the world around her, wind and rain against a rooftop, or birdcalls early in the morning. Maybe, in time, she'll be able to create something of her own, or at the very least add her own tune to the melodies she holds close to her heart.

[wilder ✦]

Username: wilder ✦
Show Name: the forbidden knowledge
Barn Name: pluto
Gender: stallion
Height: 14.2hh
Halter Color: eye color
Prompt: the knowledge that biweekly means both every other week and twice in one week

[PrincessAlexis]

Username: PrincessAlexis
Show Name: Lux Stars' Wind in the Willows
Barn Name: Melody
Gender: Mare
Height: 14 hh
Halter Color: Pink to purple fade with little white sparkles
Prompt: Lately Melody has been having a really difficult time sleeping. It's not that she doesn't want to rest, because closing her eyes and drifting off would be a relief at this point, but she's been seeing some strange things lately and she doesn't know whether they're real or imaginary. First it was a horse with a tombstone on his leg, a bit morbid, but nothing she couldn't handle. But he had these glowing eyes and this fire that seemed to surround him, and she feared she was losing her mind. She tried to avoid Vlad, but then when this spooky guy came around, she just absolutely snapped. What was he, some kind of skeleton? Were those really his bones, sticking out of his body, all white like that? Sure, maybe it had just been paint left there by some meddling human, but she didn't want to take any chances.

Sometimes she passes out in the fields, grazing beneath the warmth of the sun, but in the dark of night she cannot sleep, cannot even rest, because she knows they're there!

[Kirei]

Username: Kirei
Show Name: OLS Primrose
Barn Name: Rosie
Gender: Mare
Height: 13 hh
Halter Color: light blush rose
Prompt: Before her life amongst other Trotters, Rosie spent her days with her mother and many siblings, never far from the watchful eye of her family. She cherished those days spent in the sun, frolicking in fields and exploring the pastures of her home. She still thinks about those days, fondly recalling her old life with her relatives. Sometimes she misses them greatly, yearning to by at their side again, but she knows that simply cannot happen. She's on a new path in life now, with new hopes for the future. Even still, at times, she stays up during the night recreating memories in her mind. The smell of her mother's mane, the cool breeze between her ears, the feeling of cool dirt beneath her hooves with her siblings galloping beside her. She wonders about them often and hope they are just as happy now as she is.

[strangetales]

Username: PrincessAlexis
Show Name: Lux Stars' Wind in the Willows
Barn Name: Melody



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